Volume 7, Issue 4 part 1 Summer 2016

Boilermakers, It’s summer time in Boilermaker country so let’s take a look back at our past season and learn about a few updates from around the program. With quite a fair amount of news to share, I will divide this newsletter into two parts. Be on the lookout for Part 2 in the upcoming weeks. In addition to my newsletter, you can signup to receive Purdue Sport news about tennis directly to you mailbox. Just follow this link to sign–up. Boiler Up! Pawel Gajdzik

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Boilermaker Men’s Tennis

Athletically

Team overall record 17-10, Big Ten regular season record 5-6, beat the defending Big Ten Champion Minnesota on their

home courts to advance to the quarterfinal in the Big Ten Tournament Home record 10-4, road record 6-5, neutral 1-1, indoor 15-8, outdoor 2-2

Highest team ranking #39

Final team Ranking #50

Qualified for the 2017 ITA National Indoor Championships

Gergely Madarasz (20-4, 8-1) qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships. Third player in program history to qualify and

first since 2001.

Two players ranked in the ITA singles rankings – Benjamin Ugarte and Gergely Madarasz – first since 2001. Gergely is the

highest ranked Boilermaker since 2005-2006 season.

Benjamin Ugarte beat the #10 player in the country

Benjamin Ugarte earned Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the week honors

Two All-Big Ten Selections: Gergely Madarasz - unanimous 1st team, Benjamin Ugarte - 2nd team

Ricky Medinilla won a career high 25 singles matches this season

Team invitation to participate in the Collegiate Oracle Challenge in Indian Wells - one of the most prestigious tournaments

outside of the NCAA Championships

Signed the #34 recruiting class in the nation

Academically

Eight Academic All-Big Ten selections

Gergely Madarasz recipient of the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award

Fall 2015 Team GPA 3.42

Spring 2015 Team GPA 3.34

Cumulative Team GPA of 3.31

Three ITA Scholar Athlete Awards: Matt Bouggy, Lucas Dages, Gergely Madarasz (overall GPA of 3.5 or higher)

Third consecutive ITA All-Academic Team Award (6th team selection since 2010; cumulative team GPA of 3.20 or above)

Boilermaker Men’s Tennis

Close to 2000 spectators watched the Boilermakers compete at Schwartz Tennis Center this season. It was

great to see the Greater Lafayette community and the Purdue University Greeks get behind the team. Their

support made a difference during several home

matches. Over 250 fans in attendance created an electric atmosphere during a decisive 4-1 win over

Indiana on March 8. Our February 20 match against Marquette saw the biggest crowd of the season with 271

people in attendance. Boilermakers won 6-1 that day.

Our 3rd Annual Greek Challenge was the closest one to

date with Kappa Delta and Delta Gamma tied in the standings until the very last match of the season. In the

end the KD’s had the edge and claimed the title. Our team hosted the Kappa Deltas for a trophy ceremony

during the annual team banquet in front of a packed

Buchannan Club at Ross Ade Stadium. We would like to thank all the participants for their support and we hope

to see you back at Schwartz in the upcoming season.

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Boilermaker Men’s Tennis

It was a historic season for Gergely Madarasz. He has been on campus since January 2015 but could not

compete due to NCAA rules until this semester. Once given the opportunity to play, he has made the most of it.

With an overall record of 20-3 and 8-1 at the number one

spot in Big Ten play, he has become the third Boilermaker in the program history to qualify for the NCAA singles

tournament. Other accolades in his first semester include:

Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection

Academic All-Big Ten

ITA Scholar-Athlete

ITA All-Academic Team

Team Most Valuable Player Award

Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award

It has been a busy summer for the

Industrial Management major and soon to be senior Ricardo Medinilla. During the

first two weeks of June he competed in two ITF future tournaments in Mexico

reaching the round of 16 both times.

Each week he had to win three matches in the qualifying tournament to reach the

main draw. His run included five wins against players with current ATP World

rankings, and a stunning upset of a top-500 player in the world. He is currently

holding a 33-13 singles record for the

year. Boiler Up!

Credit to Paul Sadler and the Creative Services team for the graphics used in this newsletter.

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